Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bitter, poisonous, amorphous glucoside found in squills, Urginea maritima. It is hydrolyzed by acids into sugar and a resin. Its physiological action is similar to that of digitalin.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A glucoside extracted from squill (
Scilla ) as a light porous substance.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry A
glucoside extracted fromsquill (Scilla ) as a light porous substance.
Etymologies
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Scilla + -in
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